Programme The Directorate of Art & Culture, Government of Goa, has funded and established six Visiting Research Professorship Chairs at the university. The first chair was set up in 2007 in memory of D. D. Kosambi during his birth centenary but it remained unoccupied until 2013. Subsequently, chairs were set up in honour of Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar and Dayanand Bandodkar in 2010 and 2011 respectively, to commemorate their birth centenaries. In 2012, three more chairs were instituted in honour of Mario Miranda, Anthony Gonsalves and Nana Shirgaonkar. In 2014, the Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye in Marathi language and literature was established as a part of tercentenary birth anniversary celebrations of the Goan poet and saint. The Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara Chair in Portuguese Studies and Indo-Portuguese Comparative Studies was established in 2016. The complete list of Chairs at the university is as under: The Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi Visiting Research Professorship in Interdisciplinary Studies The Dayanand Bandodkar Visiting Research Professorship in Political Economy The Bakibab Borkar Visiting Research Professorship in Comparative Literature The Mario Miranda Visiting Research Professorship in Fine Art, Painting, Illustrative Cartooning, etc. The Anthony Gonsalves Visiting Research Professorship in Western Music The Nana Shirgaonkar Visiting Research Professorship in Traditional Music Sant Sohirobinath Ambiye Chair in Marathi language and literature Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara Chair in Portuguese Studies and Indo-Portuguese Comparative Studies Those who have been appointed to these Chairs include Romila Thapar, Madhav Gadgil, Sudhir Kakar, Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Shubha Mudgal, Githa Hariharan, Vidya Dehejia, Saurabh Dube, Ishita Banerjee-Dube, Kumkum Roy, etc. . Sports Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium is an indoor stadium located on the campus of Goa University. The stadium was constructed for the 2014 Lusophony Games for events of volleyball and basketball. The stadium is named after Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee former Indian politician and the founder of Bhartiya Jana Sangh. The stadium has a seating capacity of 4,000 and was inaugurated by Governor of Goa Bharat Vir Wanchoo in 2014. It cost 82 crore and was built in 11 months which is a record for the construction of an indoor stadium of international standard. With a sheet, the stadium is Asia's first stadium which has the longest single-sheet roof. Notable alumni and staff References Further reading Varde, Dr. P.S., History of Education in Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture, Government of Goa, Panaji, 1977. Cabral, Ricardo. The Development of Teacher Education